Simple Yoga &Wellness Cooper-ative began as a sole-proprietor yoga instruction center in Hamilton, Mont., in 2007. The founder, Meg McCracken, had a passion for the art and benefits of yoga and soon developed a loyal customer base and a staff of talented instructors. She ran the Simple Yoga studio for six years.Hamilton, population 4,100, is the Ravalli County seat. The rural county is 90 miles long with communities nestled between the Bitterroot and Sapphire Mountains. Businesses tend to be small here — 51 percent of businesses in the county have nine or fewer employees.
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